Adventure Race race 1:44:05 [4] 5.85 mi (17:47 / mi)
MI AR: Winter edition
Our first time at winter edition, second race with Mark's challenges. My navigation was spot on the whole race. Had a couple moments of indecision early on when the trails didn't quite match with the map (there were so many!) until I gave up on following the exact trials and went more using direction/features. Decided to go CW, saving the challenges with limited equipment until the end. It worked great.
First challenge was an egg drop. There were a ton of people, but no line. Miraculously our egg survived on the first try. Hit a few more CPs and then got to the string maze. Took a lot longer than I expected, it was big. And very icy! All orienteering for a while after that. Saved the snowshoes and fat biking for last. No lines at either!
Finished 3/215 and 2/88 coed. Missed first coed by ~30sec. So close! Really happy with how we did. Weather was great, almost 40. It was really icy, yak tracks or similar would have helped a lot.